Video recorded by Mutikluti, LK forum
Estonian text posted 24.04.2019
English translation Liis
Grey heron Hallhaigur Ardea cinerea
A baby boom is starting in the heron colony – just imagine the hatching of the chicks of a some hundred nesting pairs at roughly the same time !
For information – the heron pairs keep together only during one nesting period.
The beaver webcam furnished a pleasant surprise and definite proof that in Matsalu the rare eagle owl is still present.
Video recorded by Tatjana, LK forum
Estonian text posted 23.04.2019
English translation Liis
The video shows the last stage of the egg-laying…
Greater spotted eagle Suur-konnakotkas Clanga clanga
Last year Tiiu laid an egg one day earlier, this year on April 23rd at 19.34.
Screencap from webcam Askja, LK forum
…in this image we also see the egg.
Video recorded by Gavril, LK forum
Estonian text posted 21.04.2019
English translation Liis
Osprey Kalakotkas Pandion haliaetus
Yesterday evening the female laid the first egg into the nest.
This osprey nest has not been used for breeding for some years. We may have to do with a wholly new osprey pair and with a female laying eggs for the first time.
In the video we see the osprey pair together. The smaller male flies up from the nest and when he arrives back with a pine branch we also see for a moment the egg of the young female with its multicoloured shell.
Video recorded by Shanta, LK forum
English translation Liis
We also see male Klaus
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
In the video we can hear the voices of the adults, how male Klaus lets Klaara know that she might come to have an evening meal. After some time he himself comes to the nest with a rodent which he offers to Klaara but then decides to check in the nest hollow whether the hatching of the owl chicks is in progress since Klaara did not leave the nest on being called. …
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